Healthcare providers' priorities for cancer care: A Delphi study in Greece

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-150

  Efstathiou, Nikolaos ^a   Ameen, Jamal ^b   Coll, Anne Marie ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Delphi technique; Greece; Healthcare providers; National cancer registry; Palliative care; Priorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DAY CARE; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DAY CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947183828     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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